Prior to Sunday’s marquee matchup between the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees, Aaron Judge promised a fan a home run. Later, as expected, he delivered.
Over the past week, New York Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge has been red hot. In fact, in just six games this week he has hit FIVE home runs, THREE of which came this weekend, the last ONE of being more meaningful than the rest.
Why? That’s because prior to Sunday’s game between the Yankees and the Los Angeles Dodgers, Judge promised a fan that he would hit a home run in his honor. Provided by R2C2, Judge can be heard telling the fan, “I’ll hit one for you tonight, alright?”
And hit one he did.
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In the third inning with the game tied 1-1, Judge smashed a 74 MPH Clayton Kershaw breaking ball over the right-field wall. It was the 99th career home run for #99 and it gave the Yanks a 2-1 lead in the game.
This season, Aaron Judge has experienced something of a power outage after spending two months on the IL with an oblique injury. This past week, however, Judge has come alive some.
As the Yankees enter the home stretch, having a hot Judge at their disposal will come in handy. Especially considering that their prized slugger, Giancarlo Stanton, remains on the IL after playing in just nine games this season.
In Sunday night’s contest against the Dodgers, the Yankees sought to retain the best record in baseball, which could ultimately hand them home-field advantage throughout the postseason. The Yankees, who risk not making the World Series for the first decade in over a century, are looking to increase their chances as much as possible for a 28th championship.
By winning this game, the New York Yankees are one step closer in achieving that goal. Judge’s presence must continue to be felt in order to make achieving that goal a reality.